Ticker: Marty Mornhinweg tops worst NFL coaches list

11:29 PM,
Jun. 15, 2013

So that's how he does it. Sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica tools around the Bislett Stadium track in an electric Formula 1 car during the IAAF Diamond League meet in Oslo, Norway. Actually, he runs faster than he drove the car.

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Steve Schrader
Detroit Free Press Sports Writer

And now, Marty Mornhinweg's most infamous day as Lions coach - when he took the wind instead of the ball at the beginning of overtime in that 2001 loss at Chicago - has landed him the No. 1 spot in deadspin.com's list of the 16 worst coaches in modern NFL history.

Drew Magary and Dom Cosentino write: "The Lions lost without ever getting the ball, and his decision that day ... became synonymous with a sort of proud, headlong stupidity. Well, to everyone except Mornhinweg: 'It was the right call then, it's the right call now, and it's the right call 10 ...